Dispensing vessel



Dec. 27, 1927.

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W. H. PEADEN DISPENSING VESSEL gwuewtoz AI-H Pe a 01 en Patented Dec. 27, 1927.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. PEADEN, OF OKLAHOMA CITY,'OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR TO AUTOMATIC LUBRICATING OIL EQUIPMENT COMPANY.

DISPENSING VESSEL.

Application filed June 22, 1926. Serial No. 117,784.

This invention relates to dispensing receptacles and particularly to receptacles for dispensing lubricating oils or the like such as are used for filling crank cases and for lubricating automobile parts.

These lubricating oils are usually dispensed at filling stations and there is considerable delay due to the ditficulty of pouring lubricating oil and there is also difiiculty in delivering every particle of oil.

The general object of the present invention is to provide a dispensing vessel so arranged that graduated amounts of lubricating oils may be discharged therefrom by means of compressed air to thus secure rapid discharge.

Another object is to provide a devlce of this character in which the vessel is adapted to be connected by means of a flexible hose with a source of compressed air and provide means actuated from the exterior of the vessel whereby the valve controlling the discharge of oil may be readily opened or closed.

Still another object is toprovide a receptacle of this character with an inlet valve as well as an outlet valve and provide means common to both valves which, when operated in one direction, will cause the opening of one valve and which, when operated in the other direction, will cause the opening of the other valve but which is so constructed as to prevent the simultaneous opening of both valves.

A further object is to provide a vessel of this character which is so formed that it may be readily carried from place to place and which may be kept connected to a source of oil or may be filled from time to time.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a dispensing vessel constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of Figure 1;

Filg. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure Fig. 5 is a sectional View through the cage showing the ears and bearing;

Fig. 6 is an elevation of one ofthe levers;

Fig. 7 is a section through the connection between the delivery spout and the body of the container.

Referring to these drawings it will be seen that I have provided a cylindrical glass container designated generally 10, which, under ordinary circumstances, is designed to contain a predetermined amount 01 oil as, for instance, one gallon. This container is disposed between the heads 11 and 12, each head being provided with an annular seat having therein a gasket 13 which bears against the o5 ends of the cylinder 10.

The head 12 is, generally speaking, concavo-convex and is formed to provide Ja downwardly extending central chamber 14 from which a pipe fitting 15 extends. This pipe fitting 15 is designed to be connected to a spout as will be later described. The upper end of the wall of this chamber 14 is screw-threaded. Both the upper and lower heads have integral downwardly and out wardly projecting portions 16, each having a socket for the reception of the end of a handle 17. This handle is tubular and through it passes the screw-threaded pin 18, which at one end is provided with a head so and at the other screws into the upper head 11. The upper cap or head 11 is upwardly concave and is formed with a central aperture l9 and extending downward through this central aperture is a valve cage, designated generally 20, whose lower end is screwthreaded for engagement with the screwthreads of the wall of chamber let while its upper end is screw-threaded as at 21 for the reception of a nut 21 This nut when turned home acts to draw the heads 11 and 12 towards each other and against the ends of the glass cylinder 10.

The lower end of the valve cage 20 is formed with a recess having a spider 22 and also formed with a valve seat 23. The

middle portion of the valve cage is formed with the oppositely disposed longitudinal openings 24 and below the lower ends of these openings there is provided the valve stem bearing 25 within which operates the valve stem 26 carrying a valve 27 hearing on the seat 23. A compression spring 28 urges the valve to its seat. The upper end of this valve stem is reduced in width and apertured for engagement by an operating lever as will be later described.

Above the openings 24 the cage 20 is formed with a transversely extending web 29 forming a guide for the valve stem 30, which carries at its upper end the valve 31. This valve bears against the seat 32 formed in the upper end of the valve cage and is urged to its closed position by a compression spring 33 which, at its upper end, bears against the spider 34. The stem 30, 1t Wlll be seen, extends beyond this spider. The lower end of this valve 30 is also reduced in width for engagement by a lever.

The head or cap 11 is formed with a thickened hub 35 which is reamed out and screw-threaded'and has a passage 36 below the screw-threaded portion and opening through the cap or head. The cap or head is also formed with an interiorlyscrewthreaded portion 37 with which a pet cock casing 38 is engaged, this casing being connected to an air pipe 39. Y

Engaged in the reamed opening 35 1s a packing gland 40 and passing through this packing gland is a shaft 41 havln extending from it the pins 42 and 43, tliese pins as illustrated in Figure 1 being disposed one above the other or in alignment with each other. These pins are cylindrical in cross section though they may be made of any other desired form.

The cage 20 is formed on one wall of an opening 24 with the upper and lower outwardly projecting ears 44 and pivotally mounted upon these ears are the levers 45 and 46. The lever 45 is associated with the valve stem 30 and the lever 46 is associated with the valve stem 26. The rear ends of these levers are slotted and laterally deflected and screws pass through these slots and engage the levers with their respective stems 26 or 30. Thus, it will be seen that when the lever 45 is depressed, the valve stem 30 will be raised and that when the lever 46 is depressed the valve 26 will be raised. The pins 42 are disposed in such position that as the shaft 41 is turned in one direction, one of the pins will engage the lever 45 to depress it and that when the shaft is turned from its neutral position in the other direction the pin 43 will engage the lever 46 and depress it. The shaft 41 is provided at its upper end with a handle 47 and thus it will be seen that the shaft may be shifted in one direction to open valve 31 or in the other direction to open valve 27. The cock or valve 48, disposed within the valve casing 38, is of such form that when turned in one direction it will connect the interior of the container with the atmosphere to permit venting of the compressed air within the container. When the pet cock is turned in the other direction, however, it will admit compressed air through the pipe 39 into the container to thereby force out the oil therein. The uppe end of the valve cage just below the seat 32 is formed with a chamber 49 and a port 50 leads from this chamber into the container and the lower. end of the valve cage just above the valve 27 is provided with a port 51. Thus, when the valve 31 is raised, oil passing downward through. the upper end of the valve cage may be discharged through this perforation 50 and till the container and Vice versa. \Vhen the valve 27 is raised the oil may be discharged from the container. The up er end of the valve cage 20 is screw-threa ed as at 21 so that the upper end of the valve cage may be connected to a pipe which in turn is connected to a source of oil. This pipe might be flexible or may be temporarily engaged with the upper end of the cage simply to permit filling of the container. Preferably the glass cylinder 10 will have graduations on its surface whereby the amount of oil within the container may be noted and thus either the whole contents of the container may be discharged or a fractional part thereof.

It will be seen from Figure 7 that the pipe connection 15 which extends out from the container has a laterally extending opening 52 formed with an annular seat surrounding the opening. The spout 53 at its inner end is engaged with a pipe fitting 54 which is formed with a laterally disposed opening 55 defined by a nipple which is adapted to be inserted within the opening 52. A screw 56 passes through these two abutting ends of the pipe fitting and holds these two pipe fittings together for rotative movement. Thus, it will be seen that the spout may be shifted from a vertical position to a downwardly directed position and thus most conveniently arranged for delivery to the part for which the oil is designed.

In the use of this device when it is desired to discharge the oil from the container, the handle 17 is turned so as to raise the valve stem 26 and valve 27 and the pet cook 38 is shifted so as to permit the inlet of compressed air on the top of the oil and force the oil out through the spout. When the oil has been entirely discharged the pet cock may be turned so as to cut off the entrance of compressed air and vent the compressed air that is within the container. If, however, the valve cage is not permanently connected to a source of oil it is obvious that the venting may take place by rotating the shaft 41 so as to lift upward on the stem 30 and the valve 31 which will thus permit the discharge of compressed air. It will be seen -that the oil within this container is entirely protected from dirt, dust and foreign matter and thus there -is no chance for dirt to get into the bearings of the automobile. It is also pointed out that inasmuch as the lower cap or head is concave, all of the 011 will be blown out. Of course, the object of the valve 31 is to close the filling opening when the oil is being discharged to thus prevent an outlet of compressed air. 5

1. A dispensing vessel COIIIPIlSlDg a container having a discharge spout and a main handle, and having an opening in 1ts upper end and an opening in its lower end conmeeting with the discharge spout, valves normally preventing passage through said openings, and an operating membenextendmg into the container from the exterior thereof and oscillatable in a plane at right angles to the axis of the container, operating in one direction to open one of said Valves and. 1n the other direction to open the other valve, and having a valve handle disposed immediately above the upper end of the mam handle.

2. A dispensing vessel comprlslng a container having an upper and a lower head, the lower head being connected to a dis charge spout, and the upper head having valved means for admitting air under pressure, a valve cage extending longitudinally through the container and into the lower head and extending through and beyond the upper head, valve seats in said valve cage,

valves resting thereon and resiliently urged against said seats, each valve being provided with a stem, members mounted on the valve cage and extending through the wall thereof and respectively engaging said stems, and manually operable means extending through one of said heads and arranged in operative relation with said members to alternately raise the same.

3. A dispensing vessel comprising a container having an upper and a lower head, the lower head being connected to a discharge spout, and the upper head having valved means for admitting air under pressure, a valve cage extending longitudinally through the container and into the lower head and extending above the upper head, valve seats in said valve cage, valves resting thereon and resiliently urged against said seats, each valve beingprovided with a stem, the valve cage having an opening, levers mounted in the valve cage and respectively engaging said stems and extending through said opening, and a shaft extending through one of said heads and provided with a handle exterior to the head, said shaft having pins projecting radially from it indifferent directions and adapted to respectlvely engage the levers when the shaft is turned in one direction or the other to thus open one or the other of the valves.

4-. A dispensing vessel comprising a container having an upper and a lower head, the lower head being connected to a discharge spout, and the upper head having valved means for admitting air under pressure, a valve cage extending longitudinally through the container and into the lower head and extending above the upper head, valve seats in said valve cage, valves resting thereon and resiliently ur ed against said seats, each valve being provided with a stem, the valve cage having an opening, levers mounted in the opening of the valve .cage and respectively engaging said stem, a shaft extending downward through the upper head and having a handle exterior to the head, the cage having a bearing for the lower end of the shaft, pins projecting radially from the shaft in difierent angular relations to each other, the levers being inclined upward whereby as said shaft is rotated in one direction, a pin will actuate the corresponding lever and when it is rotated in the other direction the other pin will actuate the other lever and thereby shift one or the other of the valves from 1ts seat.

5. A dispensing vessel comprising a transparent container, upper and lower heads against which the ends of the container abut, the lower head being provided with a central chamber having screw-threaded walls and connected to a discharge spout, the upper head having a central opening and being connected to one side of said shaft with a source of compressed air and having a valve controlling the compressed air, a tubular valve cage extending longitudinally through the container and into-the upper end of the chamber formed in the lower head and having screw-threaded engagement therewith, a nut engaging the valve cage above the upper head and bearing againstthe upper head, the valve cage being formed with upper and lower seats and between said seats with a longitudinally extending opening, valves engaging said seats and having stems extending toward the middle of the valve cage, springs urging the valves to their seats, levers pivotally mounted on the valve cage, extending through the opening and each pivotally engaged with one of said stems, said levers beyond the valve cage extending upward at an angle, and a vertical shaft extending through the upper head and having a handle, said shaft having radially disposed pins disposed in angular relation to each other and adapted to respectively engage the levers.

6. A dispensing vessel comprising a container liming a lischarge opening and a spout with which the discharge opening communicates, a filling opening, a valve normally closing the filling opening, a valve normally closing the discharge opening, resilient means urging the valves to a closed position, a compressed air hose connected at all times with the top of the container, a

valve controlling passage therethrough, and

means operable from the exterior of the con- 10 tainer whereby to open either of said first named valves.

In testimony whereof I hereunto alfix my signature.

WILLIAM H. PEADEN. 

